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IE CA IR-1/1/2/3/25
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Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap.
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- 9 Jan. 1925 (Creation)
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2 pp; Manuscript
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(24 October 1877-14 February 1925)
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Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. referring to his declining health. He writes 'Tis a desperate fight I'm making for life. ... I was more a corpse than alive when brought in here [hospital]. I have anaemia & ulceration of stomach. Though [the] former more serious, the latter would almost kills a bull'. Bibby adds 'When I think of Fr. Peter and his 4 Def[initors] I find it hard not to be bitter, but I try as best to have patience and offer up this suffering in expatiation of my sins’. He also refers to on-going work at the mission in Santa Inés.
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Held in CA DB/28